Hildegard Von Bingen was a German abbess in the Middle Ages who spent most of her life in the church as she had been promised to the church at a very early age. Along with being a very spiritual woman‚ Hildegard also experienced visions that were of God and his ways. These visions were the basis for most of her works that she created. Though the general population was wholly uneducated‚ Hildegard was exceptionally well educated because of her background in the church and her devotion to studying
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Hans von Gersdorff: Feldbuch der Wundarzney (Field book of surgery) (Page 16V)‚ 1517 The above diagram is from a medicine book published in 1517 by a German surgeon Hans von Gersdorff‚ showing the points of bloodletting‚ we can see that there are nearly 50 points of bloodletting distributed in all parts of the body. The diagram also shows a dissection of a male human body with most of the organs shown‚ it seems that people at time or before that time already did a lot of experiments and dissections
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The Queen of Spades: Hermann and Greed The Queen of Spades is a complicated story about greed‚ the supernatural‚ love‚ desires and secrets. The card game in the story The Queen of Spades is one of the oldest games of chance. What I will try to determine is whether the Countess’ seemingly real ghost is authentic only in so much as Hermann’s consuming madness produces it‚ as well as to designate the origin of Hermann’s madness. Hermann is a young German soldier in the Tsar’s army who dreams of becoming
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that can thrive in an environment where providers are more accountable and more at risk for performance. According to Memorial Hermann executives‚ area capacity is 4‚000 beds over the needed level right now and there are five new acute-care hospitals coming online this year. Memorial Hermann has 1‚000 of its total 2‚920 system-wide beds vacant most days. Memorial Hermann does not have the right number of physicians‚ beds‚ operating rooms‚ MRIs and other facilities for a new type of payment environment
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became a professor of composition at the Prague conservatory. Jeannette Thurber‚ a wealthy American music patron‚ in 1892 offered Dvořák a position as artistic director and composition professor at New York’s National Music Conservatory. Herbert von Karajan was a legendary Austrian conductor and the principle conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 35 years. Most known for not making any sort eye or emotional contact with his Orchestra throughout a piece. He once told Simon Rattle and English
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Demian Questions Demian is the story of a boy‚ Emil Sinclair‚ and his search for himself. Emil was raised in a good traditional home at the turn of the century in the nation of Germany. His family is very wealthy and they have a reputation as a principled‚ religious family. As a boy‚ Sinclair views the world within the walls of his home as representing all that is good‚ pure‚ and innocent. But starting at a young age‚ he feels an inner conflict between his own little world‚ the "world of light
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Character Essay – Ilsa Hermann‚ The Book Thief Ilsa Hermann is a minor character in The Book Thief. She is the wife of the mayor of Munich‚ and is suffering over the death of her son during World War II. Without Ilsa the book would be missing an important theme – the impacts of death. Ilsa is an interesting and significant character because she is unusual‚ she does not follow any stereotypes and it is through her that Markus Zusak conveys grief. Firstly‚ Ilsa remains quiet most of the time‚
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and polymath back in the 1800s. Goethe is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. Although he was alive so long ago‚ the ideas he put out there are still pertinent to the modern world: such as my personal life‚ recent movies‚ and current events. Goethe came up with this viewpoint on life: Until one is committed there is hesitancy‚ the chance to draw back‚ always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there
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Von Willebrand Disease: A Genetic Disorder Von Willebrand’s disease is a inherited disorder with prolonged bleeding time due to a clotting factor insufficiency and decreased platelet function. It is the most common hereditary coagulation disorder (Obesity‚ Fitness & Wellness Week 1). This disease The Finnish physician Erik von Willebrand was the first to describe von Willebrand disease. In 1926‚ this doctor observed that several male and female members of a large family from the Aland Islands had
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Johnny von Neumann “There are two kinds of people in the world: Johnny von Neumann and the rest of us.” Eugene Wigner‚ Nobel Prize winning physicist. December 28‚ 1903 a mind unlike any other was born‚ Janos Neumann. Janos Neumann was the first born son of Max Neumann‚ a non-practicing Hungarian Jew. Max Neumann had very good education‚ he became a doctor of laws and later worked as a lawyer for a bank. Early in Janos ’ life‚ Max bought a title which he never used but his son‚ Janos did. The
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